EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
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Re: EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
#2If someone with experience on these types of issues could comment I would be very interested to learn if this has any chance of removing those damn machines from airports.
Re: EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
#3Almost no politician would ever vote for removing this awful "security" measure. They would risk being blamed when another incompetent terrorist mastermind passes security and hopefully gets stopped by, now much more vigilant passengers. Going to the courts seems like a good way around that - sue the TSA. If someone with experience on these types of issues could comment I would be very interested to learn if this has…
Re: EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
#4Re: EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
#5Almost no politician would ever vote for removing this awful "security" measure. They would risk being blamed when another incompetent terrorist mastermind passes security and hopefully gets stopped by, now much more vigilant passengers. Going to the courts seems like a good way around that - sue the TSA. If someone with experience on these types of issues could comment I would be very interested to learn if this has…
Re: EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
#6Re: EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
#7Almost no politician would ever vote for removing this awful "security" measure. They would risk being blamed when another incompetent terrorist mastermind passes security and hopefully gets stopped by, now much more vigilant passengers. Going to the courts seems like a good way around that - sue the TSA. If someone with experience on these types of issues could comment I would be very interested to learn if this has…
Re: EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
#8"Three frequent air travelers are joining EPIC in the lawsuit: security expert Bruce Schneier, human rights activist Chip Pitts, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations legal counsel Nadhira Al-Khalili. The Petitioners have brought claims under the Administrative Procedure Act, the Privacy Act, the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the Fourth Amendment."
Re: EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
#9Awesome, Bruce Schneier is part of the lawsuit: "Three frequent air travelers are joining EPIC in the lawsuit: security expert Bruce Schneier, human rights activist Chip Pitts, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations legal counsel Nadhira Al-Khalili. The Petitioners have brought claims under the Administrative Procedure Act, the Privacy Act, the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration…
"Only two things have made flying safer [since 9/11]: the reinforcement of cockpit doors, and the fact that passengers know now to resist hijackers."
Re: EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Deployment of Body Scanners at US Airports
#10However, I feel entering a country which I'm not a citizen of (like the US), is a privilege, not a right. Thus, they can ask anything of me they want..and I can chose not to enter the country.